The International Floorball Federation (IFF) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of

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. It was founded on 12 April 1986 in

Huskvarna Huskvarna (; formerly spelled ''Husqvarna'') constitutes the eastern part of Jönköping, a city in the Sweden, Swedish province of Småland, and has a population of about 24,000. The distance to central Jönköping is about 5 km. The name ...

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, by representatives from the national floorball associations of

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, Sweden and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. It is recognized by the

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and is an ordinary member of the

ARISF The Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation constituted through and recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ARISF's members are international sports ...

Events

Men's World Floorball Championship The Men's World Floorball Championship is an international floorball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Floorball Federation, International Floorball Federation (IFF), the sport's global gov ...

Women's World Floorball Championship The Women's World Floorball Championship is an international floorball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the International Floorball Federation (IFF), the sport's global governing body. It is distinct fr ...

Under-19 World Floorball Championships Under-19 World Floorball Championships are being held for males since 2001 and for females since 2004. The championships for males are held in odd years, while those for females are held in even years. The first Under-19 World Floorball Champio ...

Floorball European Championships The Floorball European Championships were floorball European Championships organized by the International Floorball Federation (IFF). They were held twice in 1994 and 1995 for men and once for women (1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From ...

* Asia-Oceania Floorball Cup *

Asia Pacific Floorball Championships This is a List of Asia Pacific Floorball Champions, including runners-up. An Asian Pacific Floorball Championship is awarded to the team which wins in the finals of that year's Asia Pacific Floorball Championships. The most recent Asia Pacific Floo ...

* Southeast Asian Floorball Championships

Members

This is a list of International Floorball Federation member nations. It includes associations, committees, confederations, federations, and unions. There are currently 77 IFF members (45 ordinary members and 32 provisional members in April 2022). The newest members are Macau and Kazakhstan.

Members by Regions

Ordinary members

: IFF founded *

¹ ''The Hungarian Floorball Federation was originally established in :1989 in floorball, 1989, but reorganized into a new organization in :1997 in floorball, 1997.''

² ''The Icelandic Floorball Committee is a division of the Icelandic National Olympic Committee, and therefore governed by it.''

³ ''The Floorball Association of Iran is a division of the Iran Federation of Sport Associations, and therefore governed by it.''

⁴ ''The Liechtenstein Floorball Association was established as a single floorball club, UHC Schaan.''

⁵ ''The Norwegian Floorball Federation is a division of the Norway's Bandy Association, and therefore governed by it.'' *

⁶ ''The Great Britain Floorball & Unihockey Association was the originating governing body representing floorball within Great Britain, before being replaced by the United Kingdom Floorball Federation in 2012.''

⁷ ''In 1 March 2022, as a reaction in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, both National Floorball Federation of Russia (NFFR) and Floorball Federation of Belarus are suspended from international Floorball activities. In addition, no floorball events may organise in both countries, and no representatives, include athletes and players, may participant all kind of IFF Competitions, events or meetings until future notice.''

Provisional members

Development countries

Not yet IFF member: #Bangladesh #Bosnia and Herzegovina #Bulgaria #Greece #Jordan #Luxembourg #Mali #Nepal #Qatar #Sri Lanka #United Arab Emirates

Other

Confederations

Registered Players

Based on the number of registered floorball players and a country's population, a list of the top 25 countries has been compiled:

Notes and references

External links

Official website
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